Greathed Manor, Victorian manor house in Dormansland, England.
Greathed Manor is a three-storey stone building in the Surrey countryside with Gothic Revival architecture and large windows overlooking the grounds. The estate spreads across five acres of landscaped gardens that frame the structure on multiple sides.
The estate was home to Herbert Spender-Clay and Pauline Astor, daughter of American billionaire William Waldorf Astor, from 1904 to 1937. During the First and Second World Wars, the building served military purposes including a hospital for American officers and headquarters for a Canadian Armoured Division.
The London College of Divinity used the premises between 1947 and 1957, marking a period of educational significance for the property.
The property functions today as a nursing home and can be viewed from the exterior, with the gardens providing a pleasant setting for a visit. The warmer months offer the best conditions to see the grounds in their fullest state.
The London College of Divinity occupied the building between 1947 and 1957, representing a lesser-documented phase of educational use that few visitors know about. This period marked a transition between the military and later residential phases of the property's history.
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